Round 10 – Richmond v Brisbane: Tuesday Night Football in the heart of the Footy Hub – Beware the Tigers in the wilds of Carrara

It’s a long way from the Arctic to Banana but Richard Marlow finally got to see his beloved Tigers play their premiership-style brand of footy, albeit on his TV.

The Pies’ most memorable games against the Eagles

Steve Fahey continues his occasional series of the Pies’ most memorable games against opposition clubs. This time it’s not all wins as some famous games ended in other results.

Round 17 – Gold Coast v Collingwood: Witts v Grundy (Floreat Pica Society)

Luke Reynolds reports on a scrappy win in torrential rain by Collingwood on the Gold Coast for the Floreat Pica Society.

Round 5 – Gold Coast v Adelaide: Nostradamus ‘book

Malcolm Ashwood is thrilled with another strong performance from his Crows, despite an injury to gun defender Daniel Talia.

AFLW Grand Final – Brisbane v Adelaide: You’re The Voice

Anne Cahill Lambert draws her AFLW coverage (following the Crows and their coach all over the country) to a triumphant conclusion

Round 15 – Gold Coast v St. Kilda: Perhaps this winning thing was easier than we thought

A marathon weekend on the Gold Coast for Mick Jeffrey is not what you would expect

Round 14 – Gold Coast v North Melbourne: Inspiration Not Found

Neutral supporter Mick Jeffery is in disbelief as he watched the Roos lose to the Suns, in what he described as a pathetic performance.

Round 6- Gold Coast v Adelaide: No Sun, No Alcohol But Crows Shine

Malcolm “Rulebook” Ashwood, in between doing a hospital run for the Adelaide University FC and meeting The Avenging Eagle (and PB), found time to cover the Crows win over the Suns.

AFL Round 16 – Gold Coast v Collingwood: When footy really is the winner

JTH loved the Suns-Pies clash from Carrara. The Gold Coast’s interchange-free last quarter was highly illustrative. It returned the game to its traditional form.

AFL Round 10 – Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs: Half the distance to the goal…..5th down?

Mick Jeffrey made his annual pilgrimage from North Queensland to see his Bulldogs in action at Carrara. He enjoyed the first half.

AFL Round 1 – Gold Coast v Richmond: Three Richmond supporters walk into a…

Funny stuff from young Tiger supporter, Callum O’Connor. [Well, not so young; Callum has just started uni – Ed]

AFL Round 1 – Gold Coast v Richmond: Suns bogey hits Tigers again!

Kent Winzer makes the trip to the Gold Coast for the Tiger debacle.

AFL Round 1 – Gold Coast v Richmond: A long way to go.

Rulebook (like Pele and Richo, he needs only one name) watches the Suns terrific performance, from the Kensi in Adelaide, while in the company of a realistic Richmond supporter. Hallelujah, he writes, an honest Tiger.

AFL Round 8 – Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs: The Whitten Oval Generals

A reversed Darwinian evolutionary chart would best illustrate Footscray fan’s footballing journey. Ever increasing slumped shoulders, and in the end the only thing you are left with is a rather rudimentary club.

AFL Round 6 – Gold Coast v Fremantle: Saturday night’s for fighting, bad decisions, skill errors and 10km on Sundays

Once upon a time Fremantle were once known as a team of turnover merchants thanks to their high risk possession style in the early Gerard Neesham era. It seems that mantle has been passed on to the Suns.

AFL Round 3 – Gold Coast Suns v Brisbane Lions: Lions claw one back

With pouring rain, a train to the ground and a legion of football fanatics, Bill Ellis’s night at Carrara reminded him of matches past in suburban Victoria.

Carrara daze

Saturday night. Gold Coast v Geelong. The Ablett match – for most. And yes, that is a key part of it. But for me, something has been forgotten: this is also the Carrara match. Footy is back at Carrara. And as weird as it might sound, on Saturday night I was feeling a little nostalgic [Read more]

AFL Round 10: Dees’ yelp then fade away at Carrara

By Steve Healy Saturdays have always been good for footy. For me, they begin at my desk in my room when I listen to the coverage of the Saturday Afternoon match on Triple M (apart from the rare occasion when the Demons play in this time slot). This Saturday was a little bit different because [Read more]